University of Akron Interview Questions
& Process

The interview experience was extremely poor and frustrating due to nonexistent communication, minimal updates and an overall lack of respect shown toward candidates for their time. I was strung along through TWO MONTHS of interview rounds, facility tours and search committees only to be rejected via an automated Workday email. The entire process felt very impersonal and was extremely disappointing.

Overall, it was a great interview experience with great people. The process itself is quite long, so definitely be prepared for that. They really should consider ways to shorten it down. Despite the length, I thought they really care about the community.

I had a panel interview with three network team members and one sysadmin. The interview was mostly technical, not much focus on personality. Questions came in a round robin style. The manager was kind of rude and didn't try to connect. The job description itself was confusing, first it was about automating network equipment deployment and configs with Ansible, then in the second interview, they said I'd mostly be focused on wireless. I didn't bother to clarify since I wouldn't have taken the job anyway. I suspect the job is going to an intern, and I was just an external candidate they had to interview. They were only offering $55k for an engineer role, which is quite low. The whole experience felt sloppy with an unprofessional manager and a run-down office. I'd avoid this place.

I applied in February and experienced some processing delays, but communication was consistent. After following up in early March, an interview was scheduled within a week. Parking directions from HR were a bit unclear. I had an in-person interview with a group of interviewers, and then HR called with an offer, providing extensive details on benefits. The overall process seems well-structured.